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Video: NY Judge Tells Cop Killer "You're Gonna Die in Prison"

A convicted cop killer was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for the murder of Detective Brian Moore, who was shot and killed in 2015 when he and his partner tried to stop the shooter on suspicion that he was carrying a handgun.

Demetrius Blackwell, 37, had pleaded not guilty but was convicted by a jury last month on multiple counts, including murder.

A judge sentenced Blackwell to life in prison without parole for first-degree murder in the killing of Moore. He was also sentenced to "natural life" for the attempted murder of Moore's partner and 14 years for criminal possesion of a weapon, all to be served concurrently, PIX 11 TV reports.

"To make that simple for your compromised brain, you're gonna die in prison. You will never breathe fresh air outside the confines of a New York State prison," the judge said.

Scanner audio captured an officer’s account of what happened at the scene, CWBChicago reports: “Ten people surrounded me, indicating that they had firearms. And one person pulled him away from me, holding his waist, indicating that he would use a firearm against me.”

There were so many police officers, sheriff’s deputies and Highway Patrol troopers that the court appearance had to be moved out of Justice Court to Judge John Larson’s Courtroom Number Three on the third floor of the Missoula County Courthouse.

The vehicle pursuit ended in the town of Kittitas where Deputy Thompson was backed up by Officer Benito Chavez. The suspect exited the vehicle and exchanged shots with the two law enforcement officers.

Sarah Wilson and her boyfriend were arrested during a stop in Chesapeake after officers allegedly found drugs in the 1996 Lexus the couple were driving. Police said they handcuffed Wilson and, while attempting to apprehend her boyfriend, 27-year-old Holden Medlin, he became combative and ran away from the scene.